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17. S. DEPAETMEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 30. — Re ported production of ash 1 lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, I75 ; oe0,000 feet.] 
Number of 
active mills 
reuortrng. • 
Quant it v 
reported. 
Per cent. 
Average 
value per 
LOGO feet 
f. o. b. mill. 
United States 
.Louisiana. 
Arkansas. . 
"Wisconsin. 
Tennessee. 
Indiana . . . 
FettB. 31. 
159. 175. 000 
100. 
$30. 01 
Mississippi 
New York 
Michigan 
Ohio 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39). 
59 i 
10S 
209 
176 
219 j 
ST 
5S6 
166 
267 
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21.492.000 
- 2 - 
13,676,000 
13.rU9.0OO 
12.. 295, 000 
8,649,000 
7. 9.55,000 
7'. 350, 000 
7. 100'. 000 
46. 241. 000 
13. o 
13.0 
8.6 
S.6 
7.7 
5.4 
5.0 
4.6 
4.5 
29.1 
27.33 
31.21 
25.22 
34.97 
38.16 
30.95 
29.14 
27.12 
33.06 
2& 48 
1 Lumber trade practice specifies white ash and brown ash. The former is cut from the vhite ash tree 
and the latter from the black ash tree. 
Green ash (Fluzinus Umceoiata) is cut in the Southern S1 
"White ash (Flaxinus anitriccna) is cut in the Central States. 
Black ash (Flaxlnus nigra) is cut in the Lake States and INorthea^crn States. 
Red ash (Flax^nu-s penmylvanica) is cut in limited quantity in the Eastern States. 
Oregon ash (Flaxinus on gone) is cut in the Pacific Ncrrhv-est. 
SUGAR PINE. 
The cut of sugar pine totaled 132,568,000 feet in 1917, a decrease 
of 22 per cent from the year before. A slightly larger quantity was 
sawed in Oregon than the year before, with an addition of two mills 
to the number reporting. 
The average value of sugar pine was 824.69 per 1,000 feet. In 
1916 the average was $16.77. The difference represents an increase 
of 47 per cent. A material difference exists between the average 
value reported for the two States. Oregon and California. 
Table 31.— Reported production of sage-- pine 1 lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 132,600,000 feet.] 
Number of 
active mills 
renorting. 
Quantity 
reported. 
Per cent. 
Average 
value per 
1,000 feet 
f. o. b.mill. 
United Stares. 
California. 
Oregon — 
13 I 
FeciB. 31. 
132. 568, 000 
127, 951. 000 
4. 617. 000 
100.0 
96.5 
3.5 
$24.69 
25.0O 
16. 15 
1 Sugar pine (Pinus lamoerticnc) is the only species cut as sneh and is found only in California and south- 
ern Oregon. 
HICKORY. 
Hickory lumber production in 1917 declined 12 per cent from the 
year before, the total being 82,512,000 feet. Production has shown 
a decrease for almost every year of the last ten, emphasizing the 
scarcity of this important wood; much hickory, however, is made 
into vehicle dimension stock and is not reported in the lumber cut. 
Of the ranking 10 States the only one which exceeded its cut for 1916 
is Mississippi, which increased its output by 10 per cent. 
